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When I was in my 20's in the last decade I would have killed to have been able to meet people with like-minded interests using Meetups, Facebook, and even reddi
by Yhippa 11y ago
When I was in my 20's in the last decade I would have killed to have been able to meet people with like-minded interests using Meetups, Facebook, and even reddit. I really have to agree with you on this.
I feel that the ease of communication has really cheapened it. It's kind of sad talking to people on Google Hangouts who live in the same city but never actually hanging out IRL. Before you had to make a real effort to meet the person for dinner or at a bar.
It's even more strange to me as you can find some group online for whatever niche group and have stimulating discussion and never leave the house.
- GuiA 11y agoWhen I first moved to the bay area 5 years ago, I used Meetup.com, Facebook groups, OKCupid, etc. very heavily to meet new people and find things to do, and it was definitely helpful. But now that I have my favorite hangouts, social network, and so on, I just find that I don't benefit as much from these anymore. So I'm very glad they existed when I did use them; but at this point of my life, it's not working as well for me.